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While Mark Zuckerberg believes he is best placed to homestead the metaverse, he may be surprised to find a thriving, indigenous species has already taken hold: Discord. More than any other business, the company is truly “metaverse native,” unwittingly built for the future. First designed for gamers — the metaverse’s pioneers — time has allowed it t... See more
Packy McCormick • Discord: Imagine a Place
What differentiates Roblox from Fortnite, however, is that Roblox is not a single game, but rather a paradigm shift in the form of “human co-experiences”, all created by its community of players. Think of Roblox as a Shopify versus Fortnite’s Amazon. Roblox is a vibrant and expanding universe of creator-built content, with over 18 million experienc... See more
Tabarak Khan • Roblox is at the Nexus of Digital Currencies & the Creator Economy
Au: Two big things. First, if you give a user community powerful enough creator tools, what they create in these worlds will be far more interesting than anything a major company can officially create. In terms of the culture of a metaverse environment and the community’s experiences in a place like Second Life, that’s remained true since 2003.
The Atlantic • Lessons From 19 Years in the Metaverse
User-generated content offers a promising solution for cost-effectively scaling content production. Platforms such as YouTube and Twitch have assembled vast content libraries faster and more efficiently than any professional studio. YouTube serves over 1 billion hours of video daily via a community of 31 million channel creators. Twitch’s 6 million... See more
Jonathan Lai • The Founder's Dilemma: To Compete or Unbundle | Andreessen Horowitz
And if games like this reach anywhere near the scale of Fortnite, Minecraft & Roblox et al, think about how to appraise real estate that gives you access to millions of digital pedestrians (foot traffic) every day. The opportunity would be akin to buying an acre of Manhattan for $200 in the early 1800’s.
Chris Rempel • Part 2: creating the new frontier – Chris Rempel's Blog
Bruce Dunlevie remained Adam’s champion, expressing his belief in Adam’s expansive vision and comparing him to a new-age Jeff Bezos.
Reeves Wiedeman • Billion Dollar Loser: The Epic Rise and Spectacular Fall of Adam Neumann and WeWork
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Michael Lewis • Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon
Charles Hudson
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1. The count of players rapidly increase - thereby increasing the amount of SLP the guild itself can earn each day.